Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Acta Brasiliensis
ISSN 2526-432X · eISSN 2526-4338 · Universidade Federal de Campina Grande · Brazil
Acta Brasiliensis: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports).
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 7, Issue 3): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Brasiliensis is published by Universidade Federal de Campina Grande and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant and animal studies, Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications and Plant Diversity and Evolution, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Acta Brasiliensis, printed (ISSN 2526-432X) and online (ISSN 2526-4338), publishes original articles, notes and scientific reviews, with Open Source, in areas related to Biological and Environmental Sciences, such as: Botany and Ethnobotany, Plant Physiology, Zoology, Environmental and Food Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pharmacy, Genetics, Ecology, Ecotoxicology, Agroecology, Environmental Education. Therefore, our targets are all researchers (undergraduate and graduate) that work in these areas.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Portugal 3, Argentina 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
- Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Plant Diversity and EvolutionAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Geography and Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Environmental Sustainability and EducationEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Fern and Epiphyte BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentEnvironmental Science4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.05%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 146 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 24 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 64 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 4–5
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted3
- original articlespublishes original articles, scientific notes and reviewsLength not stated
- reviewspublishes original articles, scientific notes and reviewsLength not stated
- scientific notespublishes original articles, scientific notes and reviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement (PEMS)
Acta Brasiliensis is committed and has responsabilities in complying with the ethical criteria in all stages of the publishing process, which involves the author, editors and reviewers. For Therefore, we follow what is recommended by the Ethics Committee on Publication (COPE). We also suggest reading the Guidelines on good publication practice.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Archiving , License, Copyrights and Self-Archiving
This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed file system between participating libraries and allows them to create permanent journal files for preservation and restoration.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Acta Brasiliensis is a four-month, continuous-flow scientific journal with open access content that publishes original articles, scientific notes and reviews, with Open Source access in the areas of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Model summary
Acta Brasiliensis is a four-month, continuous-flow scientific journal with open access content that publishes original articles, scientific notes and reviews, with Open Source access in the areas of Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process (Arbitration System)
The submitted manuscript will initially be evaluated for compliance with the scope of the journal, compliance with the submission rules (related in Guidelines to the Authors) and verification of plagiarism (by means of specific software and following the software criteria for definition of plagiarism), For these requirements, the manuscript will be forwarded to an associate editor who will evaluat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Archiving , License, Copyrights and Self-Archiving
This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed file system between participating libraries and allows them to create permanent journal files for preservation and restoration.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2526-432X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2526-4338
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 3 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Brasiliensis
What CAS zone is Acta Brasiliensis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Brasiliensis is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Acta Brasiliensis?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acta Brasiliensis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 4–5; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Brasiliensis based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Portugal (3) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Brasiliensis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Brasiliensis is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Acta Brasiliensis open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Brasiliensis is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .